• Siri Is Apple’s Broken Promise – Mat Honan says Apple’s promise to control your complete tech experience and provide superior results is broken with Siri, which simply doesn’t work as advertised, even though it’s labeled as “beta”. The best line: “I’m sorry. Beta? Beta is for Google.” Even John Gruber thinks Siri is “rough around the edges“.

• New Apple TV To Come In 3 Sizes – An Australian tech news site quotes “a major Japanese company who are involved in manufacturing the TV” as saying Apple’s rumored TV will coming in three sizes, including 32 and 55 inches. It will include Siri and be available by the end of 2012.

• Kindle Fire Usability Findings – If you’ve got a Kindle Fire, you’re better off looking at mobile versions of sites, rather than the “full” ones. Users had a hard time hitting the right links on the 7-inch Amazon tablet.

• CarrierIQ: The Real Story – A security researcher says Carrier IQ can’t actually collect and store text messages and other personal info, but the data seen in a developer’s video does present a potential privacy risk.